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Proud Queer Monthly represents and provides LGBTQ news, entertainment, arts, culture, business directory, resources to the Portland, OR and SW Washington lesbian, gay, bi, trans, & queer community.
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly Andy Bell, one half of British synthpop duo Erasure (perhaps best known for the 1988 hit “Break These Chains of Love”), will headline the 2013 Portland Pride Festival, Pride NW announced today. Bell will perform Sunday,...
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May 21, 13 •
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By Leela Ginelle, PQ Monthly Attending “The Children’s Hour” can feel like viewing four plays, not because it’s long or draggy — although it does run two and a half hours, plus an intermission — but because its tone and...
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Open publication – Free publishing – More lgbtq CLICK HERE to download the issue as a PDF. Won’t you be my gaybor? Pride, the queer community’s prime opportunity to come together, approaches swiftly — acts get booked,...
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LOCAL John Brennan, the gay Portlander who made national headlines for his naked protest of the Transportation Security Administration’s policies at the Portland International Airport in April 2012, appeared in court May 14 to appeal a fine for...
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May 16, 13 •
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly It’s been almost two years since Portland’s last lesbian bar went out of business — or longer, depending on how you view the E-Room’s last ditch rebranding as the more inclusive but still quirky Weird Bar. The Division Street...
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By Shaley Howard, PQ Monthly There is something iconic about the lone biker tearing down a highway, beholden to no one, but for many queer motorcycle enthusiasts, riding is about connecting with people of similar interests and sharing the on-the-road...
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly When he first learned about gender transition in 2006 from a character named Max on “The L Word,” Kendon Fisher was a lesbian-identified teenager who had never met or spoken to a trans person. Seven years later, he has a large...
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly Chances are, you’ve heard the rumor. The gay bar is dead, dying, going the way of the dodo. Some blame assimilation, others, diversification. It’s hard not to believe. Four Portland-area LGBTQ bars have gone out of business in the...
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Portland native Jinkx Monsoon took home the Season Five win of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Monsoon, née Jerick Hoffer, began performing in drag at age 16 at Portland’s Escape night club while attending Grant High School before relocating to Seattle in 2006...
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By Daniel Borgen, PQ Monthly Say what you will about Stark Street and Red Cap, but here’s one irrefutable fact: no matter how gentrification changed the face and nature of our city’s once-gayest street, and no matter how many exceptional parties were...
